Deirdre Breen, Colin Crotty, Miriam De Búrca, Joy Gerrard, John Halpin, Kent Jones, Roseanne Lynch, Colin Martin, Dara McGrath, Shane O’Driscoll, Richard Proffitt, Amelia Stein Over the last few years, the University College Cork Art Collection has been developed as an active learning resource. The collection has been at the centre of our Classroom Museum initiative and has expanded through acquisitions related… Continue Reading

This Poisoned Isle- is a series of 10 pop up exhibitions throughout the United Kingdom 2018-2020. It aims to bring the complex history of chemical and biological weapons to the very rural communities that were effected by themThe exhibition is a collaboration with Prof Ulf Schmidt of the Dept of History at the University of… Continue Reading

This Poisoned Isle- is a series of 10 pop up exhibitions throughout the United Kingdom 2018-2020. It aims to bring the complex history of chemical and biological weapons to the very rural communities that were affect by themThe exhibition is a collaboration with Prof Ulf Schmidt of the Dept of History at the University of… Continue Reading

The Ministry of Defence dropped a 30-pound anthrax bomb onto the hard beach here in 1942. It burst on contact and released a fine mist that infected nearby sheep, which died soon afterward. Having demonstrated the effectiveness of anthrax as a lethal agent in warfare, and the testing on Gruinard Island, the military began Operation… Continue Reading

This is the first of 10 planned pop-up exhibitions that are traveling throughout the UK 2018-2020. First off is The Miners and Mechanics Institute at St Agnes, Cornwall. Located nearby, Nancekuke was the main site for nerve gas production in the 1950s. Closing some 5 years later many of the contaminated buildings and equipment were… Continue Reading

Hidden Histories is a community art project devised by the Glucksman Gallery to mark 100 years of Irish women’s right to vote. Through interviews with senior citizens from Mahon Community Development Project, Dara McGrath created a series of photographic portraits and a short film that invite us to reflect on individuals who lived in the spirit of the suffragettes,… Continue Reading

Interdisciplinary conversation about art and toxic waste with artist Dara McGrath about his photo series Project Cleansweep: Beyond the Post-Military Landscape Nov 2017 Extremely happy to be in discussion with:  Dr. Sabine Kriebel (History of Art), Dr. David Fitzgerald (History), Dr. Inge Niewstraten (Applied Psychology, Dr. Elizabeth Gilchrist (Chemistry) and Dr. Frank van Pelt (Pharmacology)   Continue Reading

Aidan Dunnes Review of my work in the Irish Times Continue Reading

My work featured at Belfast Exposed Gallery- June 2017 Continue Reading

Project Cleansweep at the Roscommon Arts Centre- April 2017   Continue Reading